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If you use a lacquer base coat you don't have much to worry about with list details. Avoid crappy Testors enamel

Uncertain. I can only speak from my experience. There are people on the RPF who've experienced cracking. A paint barrier seems to help.

I want a base coat of paint to act as a barrier for the turpenoid weathering. Some unpainted Bandai kits have cracked when washes are added.

Shapeways figures. Nice. I need to order those. Did you get anyone else?

Snap? Yes, I suppose they do but I'd hate to have a piece fall off an expensive grail like the Falcon. Had to take some time off this week from the kit. My kids discovered Stranger Things and I had been looking for an excuse to watch it. So anyhow - port side mandible sans pipes. They will...

I like that. Do you have any pictures with the cockpit assembled?

Holy troop building, Batman!!!

I love Star Wars. But it's a bit like family or friends that visit every few years - some visits are better than others. Right now it's visiting frequently and trying just a bit too damn hard to please everyone. Ease up Disney/LFL. Marvel figured it out with Deadpool - when you're making...

Luke: "Well first Han has been captured. So then we send Lando and let everyone think he's captured. Then I give Jabba the droids and they are captured. Then Leia and Chewbacca..." Leia: "Stop. What the fu..." Luke: "Wait for it. You get captured. Chewie too. Then I get captured...." Leia: "This...

We are expected to believe that somebody with NO FLIGHT TRAINING precision flew a Incom T-65 down a narrow service trench at high speed WHILE evading turbo-laser blasts AND successfully delivered two photon torpedoes into a two-meter wide exhaust port? A novice bush-league skyhopper pilot did...

Basic assembly of the starboard (cockpit side) mandible. I'm holding off adding pipes until the base coat. The smaller Falcon is 1:144 Bandai, same version from previous page.

I'll use the decals as "chipping" reference but I'm going to use paint where ILM used paint and decals where they used decals. No matter what it will look better than the EFX. You'd almost have to try to make it that ugly.

Thanks for the compliment. I guess I'd start with my approach to most things like this is "Perfection is the enemy of good" I'm not aiming for perfect. Perfect is intimidating and makes you give up before you start. I'll be happy with very good. That said the DeAgustini is based on the...

So many thread bumps. Look at what you guys made me do....

That's my 1:144 Falcon. I haven't built my PG yet. This is what's under the photoetch:

Thank you. This is more recent. This is the small 1:144 scale kit, not the Perfect Grade.

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018) I would think the TIE Fighter/gunner sequence in the first SW would make a good starting point. It's an adventure theme, it's not an overly re-used peace of music, it's closely associated with a Han moment.

I'm not bothered. I now have a better feel for how they will handle future Perfect Grade kits that interest me. Cheaper re-releases mean I'll site out the first waves next time. I want an Imperial Star Destroyer and a Rebel Blockade Runner. Both models would be worthy of the PG treatment.

True story. My first concert was Dio. I was a freshman in HS and a friend had a spare ticket. He said it was going to be the greatest thing ever. He said there was a big laser show and robot knights fight on stage. F yeah. So I went. Laser logo on the drum set, one robot knight that turned...

The Millennium Falcon PG is getting a second issue, a non-collector's edition, and it will cost significantly less. It sounds like it will be in the $250 USD range. RPF is speculating will not include the lights, waterslide decals or photoetch (based on Gundam PG vs 2nd editions). Knowing...